History of the English language
1. Old English hal HALE (sound in health, vigorous, robust (HALE AND HEARTY),
WHOLE
2. Old English halsum WHOLESOME (e.g. WHOLESOME FOOD)
3. Old Norse heill (healthy) HAIL (as a greeting), TO HAIL (to greet, also: to hail a
taxi, also fig. to praise highly, to acclaim, as in "critics hailed her new book"),
WASSAIL; German "Heil!" not used any more ("Heil Hitler! and the associated shame
(just as with Reich)
Germanic *hailitho > Old English hælth HEALTH
Germanic *hailjan > Old English hælan TO HEAL
Germanic *hailagaz > Old English halig HOLY
Germanic *hailigon > Old English halgian to
consecrate, to bless,
halga sacred, a saint, Middle English halwe (see Prologue to the Canterbury Tales: ferne
halwes distant shrines metonymic from the meaning "saint"
TO HALLOW (as in "Our Father who art in heaven,hallowedbe thy name"), HALLOW
meaning "saint" (the latter is a French loan (ALL HALLOWS' DAY, HALLOWEEN).
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